City safety & data profile

MuscatineIA

Muscatine, IA is a 24K-resident city in Muscatine County with a median household income of $58,117.

Muscatine County, Iowa. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Muscatine, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Muscatine has a population larger than 53% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $153,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

24K
Population (place)
Top 47%
By size
$58,117
Median income (place)
$153,600
Median home (place)
19.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Muscatine

Muscatine posts a median household income higher than 19% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Muscatine area.

Bottom 20%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Muscatine

Where Muscatine income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$58,117 Bottom 19% higher than 19% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Muscatine $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IA

Population among 40 IA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Des Moines is the largest IA city on this list; Clive leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IA

Median household income among the same 40-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Clive posts the highest place-level median income in IA; Des Moines is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Muscatine, IA beyond the headline numbers

Muscatine sits inside Muscatine County, Iowa, at roughly 41.42°N, -91.04°W. Population 23,968, $58,117 median household income. Median home value $153,600, median rent $974. Poverty rate 19.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Muscatine, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

19.1% of Muscatine, IA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Muscatine runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.3% of Muscatine workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 20.8% in Muscatine, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Muscatine from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
23,968
Muscatine · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,117
-35% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$153,600
-63% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Muscatine County): Muscatine's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
43K-1%
Median Income
$69,396+35%
Median Home Value
$182,100+46%
Poverty Rate
13.7%-5%
Unemployment
3.2%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Muscatine, IA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$974/mo
Poverty Rate
19.1% +54% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.1%
Work From Home 6.3%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 77.9%
African American 3.6%
Asian 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
42.2%
High Blood Pressure
35%
Short Sleep Duration
34.7%
Physical Inactivity
30.4%
Binge Drinking
20.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.8%
Current Smoking
17.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.1%
Diabetes
12.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.7%
Annual Checkup 76.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
7%
Stroke
3.6%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
TRINITY MUSCATINE
MUSCATINE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Muscatine?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Muscatine right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet IA-MUSCATINE · Muscatine

Muscatine: 3 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles

Tagged alert mix: Muscatine

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Muscatine.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Muscatine; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Iowa state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Muscatine, IA? ▼
Muscatine, IA has a population of 23,968 people, located in Muscatine County, Iowa.
What is the median household income in Muscatine? ▼
The median household income in Muscatine, IA is $58,117 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 19.1%.
What is the median home value in Muscatine? ▼
The median home value in Muscatine, IA is $153,600. Median rent is $974/month.
What are the top health concerns in Muscatine? ▼
The top health indicators in Muscatine include Obesity (42.2%), High Blood Pressure (35%), Short Sleep Duration (34.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Muscatine? ▼
Muscatine has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Muscatine? ▼
The median age in Muscatine, IA is 37 years. 21.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Muscatine, both outside Iowa so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IA (19.1% here).

Chattanooga, TN 19.1% Hammond, IN 19.1% Bay City, MI 19.1% Galesburg, IL 19.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IA ($58,117 here).

North Platte, NE $58,097 Kingsville, TX $58,148 Columbus, GA $58,073 Bristol, TN $58,162

Compare Muscatine with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Rock Island, IL 39K Davenport, IA 103K Moline, IL 43K Bettendorf, IA 36K Iowa City, IA 74K Coralville, IA 21K East Moline, IL 21K Burlington, IA 25K
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Using Muscatine's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Muscatine area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Muscatine against Iowa peers on any ranking lens. Explore Iowa

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Muscatine County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.